Sensus’ smart meters were sidelined in PECO’s territory just weeks before Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast. But a Sensus communication network connecting the 186,000 smart meters that had been installed up to that point was already up and running.

Even though the meter deployment is only about 10 percent complete, PECO saw notable advantages to its advanced metering deployment, compared to its advanced meter reading, or AMR, system that has been in place for years.